Daryl Katauskas wrote:

> Greetings:
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> Was wondering if anybody out there has an all Windows Master/Media 
> server NBU Environment (V5.1) and had a lot of Solaris clients?
>
> I?d like to be able to push the Solaris clients, but know that this is 
> not supported with a Windows Master.
>
> Has anybody found a way to push deploy the NBU Solaris clients (from 
> another, non-NBU Solaris box)?
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Daryl Katauskas
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I have not tried this at all but may suggest something which could help.

I have a copy of a script called sftp_to_client which someone created by 
hacking the ftp_to_client script which comes with netbackup solaris.

This meant i could then run sftp_to_client with a hostname as long as i 
had ssh connectivity to the host. It would put all the netbackup files 
there and then need an install script running on the client. ( This can 
be done remotely via ssh. ssh -l root <client> "/tmp/bpinstall.sh" ) 
assuming you can ssh as root ( i turn it on for purposes of install and 
then turn off afterwards but its up to you ) to the client.

Obviously i am describing solaris here, but if you have windows you can 
get something called cygwin www.cygwin.com which is a unix shell 
environment for windows. It can run ssh.

If the directory structure is similar on windows and if the 
ftp_to_client exists ( /usr/openv/netbackup/client/Solaris/Solaris9 ) 
then you could probably script something with cygwin to launch the 
sftp_to_client ( once found from the net or i send you a copy ) and it 
may all work.

Just a thought. Not tested/ tried at all im afraid im just thinking of 
possibilities :)

Cheers
Dave